In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944

In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944

The Valour and the Horror

1992 en 104 minutes

Rating: 10

Plot

A documentary, using dramatization of fact, that examines the Battle of Verrières Ridge, where on July 25, 1944 and not long after D-Day, an inexperienced battalion of the Canadian Black Watch Regiment launched a doomed attack and was defeated with heavy casualties by veteran German SS troops. Part of "The Valour and the Horror" mini series.

Trailer

Trailer's not available.

Cast

Terence McKenna

Terence McKenna

Narrator

Roman Jarymowycz

Roman Jarymowycz

interviewer

Jacques Dextraze

Jacques Dextraze

Self (Fusiliers Mont-Royal)

Sydney Radley-Walters

Sydney Radley-Walters

Self (Sherbrooke Regiment)

Patrick Goyette

Patrick Goyette

Joseph Le Boutillier

Nicholas Campbell

Nicholas Campbell

Guy Simonds

Adrian Hough

Adrian Hough

German Officer

Wayne Robson

Wayne Robson

Donald Pearce

Nigel Bennett

Nigel Bennett

Kurt Meyer

Stewart Arnott

Stewart Arnott

Harry Foster

Similar Movies

Full Metal Jacket

Full Metal Jacket

en

June 26, 1987

Braveheart

Braveheart

en

May 24, 1995

Enemy at the Gates

Enemy at the Gates

en

February 28, 2001

Saving Private Ryan

Saving Private Ryan

en

July 24, 1998

Missing in Action

Missing in Action

en

November 16, 1984

Battle of the Commandos

Battle of the Commandos

it

August 12, 1969

SuperHeroes

SuperHeroes

pl

November 25, 2022

Breakthrough

Breakthrough

de

March 1, 1979

Patton

Patton

en

January 25, 1970

Exchange

Exchange

uk

September 7, 2022

We Were Soldiers

We Were Soldiers

en

March 1, 2002

People's Child

People's Child

fa

January 31, 2025

The Bride and the Curfew

The Bride and the Curfew

sq

November 28, 1978

A Company of Heroes

A Company of Heroes

en

April 2, 2013

The Illegals

The Illegals

sq

April 2, 1976

A Foreign Field

A Foreign Field

en

September 10, 1993